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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>EZEKIEL</span>
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CHAPTER 38
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The battle of Gog and Magog against Israel shall usher in the Second Coming—The Lord will come amid war and pestilence, and all men shall shake at his presence.
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And</span> the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, set thy face against <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/38/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 10: 2 (2-3); Ezek. 27: 13; Ezek. 39: 1; Rev. 20: 8.">Gog</a>, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
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And say, Thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; Behold, I <i>am</i> against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
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And I will turn thee back, and put <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/38/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 29: 4.">hooks</a> into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts <i>of armour, even</i> a great company <i>with</i> bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
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Persia, <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/38/5a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB Cush and Phut.">Ethiopia</a>, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
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<sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/38/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 10: 2 (2-3).">Gomer</a>, and all his bands; the house of <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/38/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 10: 3 (2-3); Ezek. 27: 14.">Togarmah</a> of the north quarters, and all his bands: <i>and</i> many people with thee.
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Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
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&#182; After many days thou shalt be <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/38/8a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR mustered.">visited</a>: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land <i>that is</i> brought back from the sword, <i>and is</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/38/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 34: 13.">gathered</a> out of many people, against the <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/38/8c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 133: 13.">mountains</a> of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/38/8d" mark="d" type="A" title="Ezek. 34: 25.">safely</a> all of them.
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Thou shalt ascend and come like a <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/38/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 28: 2.">storm</a>, thou shalt be like a <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/38/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 4: 13.">cloud</a> to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
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Thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; It shall also come to pass, <i>that</i> at the same time shall things come into thy <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/38/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Mind.">mind</a>, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
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And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
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To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places <i>that are now</i> inhabited, and upon the people <i>that are</i> gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
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Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/38/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 10: 22; Ezek. 27: 12.">Tarshish</a>, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil?  hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey?  to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
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&#182; Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know <i>it?</i>
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And thou shalt come from thy place out of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/38/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 39: 2.">north</a> parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
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And thou shalt come up <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/38/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 21: 20 (20-24); Rev. 16: 16.">against</a> my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/38/16b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 30: 24.">latter</a> days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/38/16c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Conversion.">heathen</a> may know me, when I shall be sanctified <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/38/16d" mark="d" type="P" title="HEB through thee.">in</a> thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
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Thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; <i>Art</i> thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days <i>many</i> years that I would bring thee against them?
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And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>, <i>that</i> my <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/38/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 5: 13.">fury</a> shall come up in my face.
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For in my jealousy <i>and</i> in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/38/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hag. 2: 6 (6-7).">shaking</a> in the land of Israel;
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So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that <i>are</i> upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
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And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>: every man’s sword shall be against his <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/38/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 9: 19.">brother</a>.
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And I will <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/38/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 66: 16; Jer. 25: 31; Joel 3: 2; Zech. 14: 3.">plead</a> against him with <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/38/22b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Last Days.">pestilence</a> and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that <i>are</i> with him, an overflowing rain, and great <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/38/22c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 9: 18 (13-35); Josh. 10: 11; Rev. 16: 21; D&C 29: 16.">hailstones</a>, <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/38/22d" mark="d" type="C" title="Ezek. 39: 6; D&C 29: 21; TG World, End of.">fire</a>, and brimstone.
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Thus will I magnify myself, and <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/38/23a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Sanctification.">sanctify</a> myself; and I will be <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/38/23b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 39: 7.">known</a> in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I <i>am</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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